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In the Champions League on Tuesday, eight matches of the 5th round were played.
In the English championship, the "Man City" club, which has been sweeping opponents off the road, may stay out of the knock-out stages - Roberto Mancini's players lost 1-2 in Naples to "Napoli" and dropped to third place in Group A.
Edinson Cavani scored two goals for the winners, while Mario Balotelli equalized for the visitors.
In the final round, "Man City" will have to beat the leader Bayern Munich at home, otherwise they will have no chance of reaching the quarter-finals. In addition, the English team will have to follow the result of "Napoli" in the away match against the bottom team "Villarreal" - a failure of the Spaniards would immediately bury the English team.
"Bayern" has already secured first place with 13 points and tonight defeated the struggling "Villarreal" for the fifth time in a row, 3-1.
Manchester United fans also have reasons to worry - the English champions played a 2-2 draw at home with Lisbon's "Benfica".
The hosts conceded a goal in the 3rd minute when Phil Jones scored an own goal, but Dimitar Berbatov equalized with a header.
After the break, Darren Fletcher put Manchester's eleven ahead, but a few moments later Pablo Aimar took advantage of a mistake by goalkeeper David De Gea and leveled the score.
Before the final round, "Benfica" leads the group, ahead of also on 9 points "Man Utd" due to better head-to-head results. Just a step away from the leaders is the "Basel" team, which in the final round will host none other than "Man Utd".
In the early match in Group B, led by Eden Hazard and Joe Cole, "Lille" beat CSKA Moscow 2-0 in Moscow, where Lithuanian Deividas Šemberas did not appear on the field.
Own goals were scored by defender Vasilijus Berezutskis and Moussa Sow for the winners.
Results:
Group A:
Bayern Munich 3 - 1 Villarreal 3' [1 - 0] F.Ribery 24' [2 - 0] M.Gomez 50' [2 - 1] J.Guzman 69' [3 - 1] F.Ribery
Napoli 2 - 1 Man City 17' [1 - 0] E.Cavani 33' [1 - 1] M.Balotelli 49' [2 - 1] E.Cavani
Group A table: (place, team, matches, wins, draws, losses, goal difference, points)
1. Bayern 5 4 1 0 11-4 13 2. Napoli 5 2 2 1 8-6 8 3. Man City 5 2 1 2 7-6 7 4. Villarreal 5 0 0 5 2-12 0
Group B:
Trabzonspor 1 - 1 Inter 18' [0 - 1] R.Alvarez 23' [1 - 1] H.Altintop
CSKA Moscow 0 - 2 Lille 49' [0 - 1] V.Berezutski (own goal) 64' [0 - 2] M.Sow
D. Šemberas (CSKA) remained on the bench
Group B table: 1. Inter 5 3 1 1 7-5 10 2. Trabzonspor 5 1 3 1 3-5 6 3. Lille 5 1 2 2 6-6 5 4. CSKA 5 1 2 2 7-7 5
Group C:
Man Utd 2 - 2 Benfica 3' [0 - 1] P.Jones (own goal) 30' [1 - 1] D.Berbatov 59' [2 - 1] D.Fletcher 61' [2 - 2] P.Aimar
Otelul 2 - 3 Basel 10' [0 - 1] F.Frei 14' [0 - 2] A.Frei 37' [0 - 3] M.Streller 75' [1 - 3] G.Giurgiu 81' [2 - 3] L.Antal
1. Benfica 5 2 3 0 7-4 9 2. Man Utd 5 2 3 0 10-6 9 3. Basel 5 2 2 1 9-9 8 4. Otelul 5 0 0 5 3-10 0
Group D:
Lyon 0 - 0 Ajax
Real Madrid 6 - 2 Dinamo Zagreb 2' [1 - 0] K.Benzema 6' [2 - 0] J.Callejon 9' [3 - 0] G.Higuain 20' [4 - 0] M.Ozil 49' [5 - 0] J.Callejon 66' [6 - 0] K.Benzema 81' [6 - 1] F.Beqiraj 90' [6 - 2] I.Tomecak
1. Real 5 5 0 0 16-2 15 2. Ajax 5 2 2 1 6-3 8 3. Lyon 5 1 2 2 2-6 5 4. Dinamo 5 0 0 5 2-15 0
